How 2 brave sisters "lost everything" under the Taliban just for singing
"One day, when the Taliban is destroyed, our minds and nerves will calm down, and I will continue my art," singer Khushi Mehtab told CBS News.
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Pakistani transgender activists will appeal Shariah court ruling
The Federal Shariat Court on Friday struck down several provisions of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, terming them "un-Islamic."
Pakistan court orders ex-PM Imran Khan's release on bail for 2 weeks
Ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan is free for now thanks to Pakistan's courts, but the government has vowed to lock him up again as soon as it can.
Pakistan court orders release of Imran Khan
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the immediate release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday. Deadly riots and disorder hit cities after Khan was held in custody. Madiha Afzal, fellow at the Brookings Institution foreign policy program, discusses what's next for the country.
Top Pakistan court orders ex-PM Imran Khan's release after deadly riots
Imran Khan is a national sports hero-turned political opposition powerhouse. Here's what you need to know about the political turmoil gripping Pakistan.
Protests in Pakistan as former PM is arrested
Following the dramatic arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on corruption charges, protestors and police have clashed across the country. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
8 killed, army deployed amid riots over Imran Khan's arrest in Pakistan
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan's supporters besieged military and government offices as a court ordered him to be held on corruption charges.
Arrest of Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan sparks deadly clashes
The political party led by Khan, a former cricket legend-turned political opposition powerhouse, urged supporters to take to the streets to "shut down Pakistan."
Pakistan braces for more flooding this year
Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority estimates there is a 72% chance of devastating floods again this year.
Gunmen storm school in Pakistan, kill 8 teachers in separate attacks
"So far we have no idea who killed the teachers," a police official said.
Sick elephant dies at Pakistani zoo days after critical medical procedure
Noor Jehan, a 17-year-old elephant, was brought to the Karachi zoo with three other elephants more than a dozen years ago.
Women's rights activist built cookware empire that pays tribute to her culture
"We wanted to build a brand that celebrated Eid and Ramadan and Nowruz as loudly as we celebrated Christmas and Easter and New Year's."
At least 9 killed after powerful earthquake rocks Pakistan and Afghanistan
The U.S. geological survey recorded a 6.5 magnitude temblor in the far northeast of Afghanistan, near the Pakistani border.
Gunmen kill 11 in ambush blamed on decades-old "family feud"
"Dozens of people from both sides have been killed as a result of this family feud so far," a police official in northwest Pakistan says.
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Deadly bombing at a mosque in Pakistan; Damar Hamlin makes first on-camera comments since collapse.
On International Women's Day, Afghan women say world "neglected us completely"
"Afghanistan has become a prison for women," one activist told CBS News, "and the world is just watching."
13 people killed as bus hits van on Pakistan motorway
Police say a passenger bus has rammed into a van on a motorway in eastern Pakistan, killing 13 passengers and injuring several others.
In Pakistan, angry mob lynches man accused of blasphemy
Police say hundreds of Muslims descended on a police station in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, ripped a blasphemy suspect from his cell and took him outside and lynched him.
Pakistan bombing death toll hits 100, officials blame "security lapse"
The blast, which ripped through a mosque inside a major police facility in Peshawar, was one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistan's security forces in years.
Suicide bomber kills dozens in Pakistan mosque attack targeting police
The mosque was full when the Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber struck, and many of those inside were officers based in Peshawar's fortified "Police Lines" zone.
Pakistan left in dark as grid fails to recover from overnight power cut
The country's so desperate to save resources that electricity is often turned off for part of the night, but this time engineers couldn't get it working again.
Gunman dressed as lawyer kills prominent attorney inside courtroom
The father of the attacker had represented the physician who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden.
Organ trafficking ring busted after boy found in lab with kidney removed
Police in Pakistan said the doctors and surgeons involved in the operation had not been tracked down.
Pakistan's teetering economy may end its urban late-night consumerism
The government aims to save a much-needed $273 million per year by making businesses close earlier, but business leaders aren't buying it.
Pakistan court frees rapist after "agreement" to marry his victim
The decision drew outrage from activists, with one declaring it a court "approval of rape and facilitation of rapists and rape mentality."
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